Yo, anarchists!

Yo, anarchists!

: I do hope that the anarchists coming to New York for the Republican convention aren’t stupid enough to bring violence to this city. New Yorkers will not tolerate it. More violence — violence from smelly, obnoxious Americans — is the last thing this city needs. I swear if these bozos try any of their tricks, New Yorkers will as one descend upon them without mercy.

Last week, the Times wrote about anarchists as, well, unpredictable.

Then, last night, a commenter below pointed to the twits at Indymedia putting up the names, addresses, phone numbers, and hotels for RNC delegates — and there’s only one reason to do that: to spook or assault these people. I won’t link to it so as not to be an accessory to this would-be crime.

26 responses to “Yo, anarchists!”

  1. Kat Avatar

    What’s interesting is who funds these creeps and that they are terrorist like in their actions with their little homemade gasoline rags, etc. The Democrats should be proud of such supporters.
    {WASHINGTON

  2. Ptolemy Avatar

    There is nothing more validating for the bitter little guy than being a discomfort for someone who would never know they existed any other way. Its always the same people and the same tactics. The cause isn’t relevant and it changes with each protest. They call it censorship when it ever gets aimed their way. When anarchists do it, its a Time Warner mini drama of speaking truth to power. HBO will have an emotional “documentary” about them sometime next year no doubt.

  3. Tom Villars Avatar

    “What’s interesting is who funds these creeps and that they are terrorist like in their actions with their little homemade gasoline rags, etc. The Democrats should be proud of such supporters.”
    Oh please. Republicans are not funding the Army of God and the vast majority think they are a bunch of idiots. I’m sure the Democrats feel the same way about this bunch.

  4. shark Avatar

    doesn’t bother me. I HOPE these idiots cause a lot of violence and trouble. Jeff, lets have America see just what the left represents. (How many right-leaning groups rioted by the DNC? Thought so)
    Every second of camera time these freaks gets = votes for Bush. And if the GOP gets upset and finds a way to screw NYC out of funding…..too bad. Though I live in NYC, I’d get a good laugh out of it.

  5. GCW Avatar

    “The worse, the better,” is morally wrong. You should not hope for violence by your enemies just so your side gets good press.

  6. Steve Avatar

    Hi Jeff!!
    What are you trying to tell us with that link in this post….

  7. carsonfire Avatar

    Um, yeah, weird link… but a good post. You’re a good man, JJ! Your blog is stimulating and informative, even when I find myself disagreeing with you.

  8. Mike NYC Avatar
    Mike NYC

    Ridiculous, pompous post. Not all anarchists are smelly or even obnoxious. They are thoughtful people who feel powerless in this society run by corporations and those who support them.

  9. rogozhin Avatar
    rogozhin

    boo-hoo, those thoughtful, sensitive anarchists don’t get the respect they obviously deserve. All they get is hassled by the Man, and for what? Just a little property damage and intimidation tactics? Why OH WHY can’t people just leave the anarchists alone, to destroy things in peace.
    They should try living in a third world dictatorship, for say ten years. Then they can come back and complain about how disenfranchised they feel…

  10. Robert McClelland Avatar

    You should not hope for violence by your enemies just so your side gets good press.
    They are going to be doing more than hoping for it, the right whingers will be out in full force trying to instigate it.

  11. Captain America Avatar
    Captain America

    In Rubert’s twisted mind living Republicans is an instigation for violence.
    Say Rubert pls tell us how wearing a shirt that says “F*ck the Jews” is not anti semitic?

  12. shark Avatar

    They are going to be doing more than hoping for it, the right whingers will be out in full force trying to instigate it
    Yeah, those McDonalds and Starbucks are provoking them by existing!

  13. Angus Jung Avatar
    Angus Jung

    All those unbroken windows, taunting them!

  14. John Avatar

    Just on the subject of cameras, anarchist protests and the Republican National Convention, here’s a link that may come in handy for next week — It’s the New York City Department of Transportation’s web cam and streaming webcam homepage for cameras located in Manhattan.
    The nearest streaming webcams to Madison Square Garden are located at Times Square and Herald Square, but there are still cameras at Eighth and Ninth Ave. at 34th Street, near where most of the protests will be located if the city officials have their way. The view isn’t great (what do you expect with Real Player?), but depending on what happens during the convention, some of the shots might be worth a look to see the scene unfiltered by the network suits.

  15. Jeff Jarvis Avatar

    Crap. I’ll fix the link now. I was adding them to my comment-spam blacklist in the middle of writing this post and gave the aholes more links. damn.

  16. onecent Avatar

    “They would still get the discount, even if they’re an anarchist”……uttered the Mayor.

  17. Jackson Avatar

    Just because these people hate Bush doesn’t make them Democrats. I, for one, don’t appreciate the inference that somehow the Democratic party supports violence. These people act on their own accord with thier own agenda despite who gave them money.

  18. Andy Freeman Avatar
    Andy Freeman

    > Just because these people hate Bush doesn’t make them Democrats.
    I’ll bite – what would make them Democrats? Are their beliefs different than those of the “Democrat wing of the Democrat Party”?
    > These people act on their own accord with thier own agenda despite who gave them money.
    Why don’t the folks who gave them money have any responsibility? If said folks were Repubs or knew Repubs, you’d argue that they did.
    Is a Democrat ever responsible for doing wrong?

  19. SteveMG Avatar

    Let’s see:
    (1) Donors to the Swiftboat Veterans are Republicans and have a history of funding the GOP.
    (A) Therefore, the press calls it a “Republican-funded Swiftboat Veterans group” and Bush is called upon to denounce them.
    (2) As cited above, donors to the Ruckus Society and other anarchists groups are Democrats and have a history of funding the Democratic Party.
    Therefore, the press should. . . ?
    Objectively speaking (as the Marxists used to say), he who says A must say B.
    With an objective press, of course.
    SMG

  20. Kat Avatar

    I see the Coucil of American Arabs and ANSWER are peed and won’t be allowed to hoist their kill Jews and anti-America placards in Central Park. Good for the judge.
    http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/nyc-protest0824,0,7606799.story?coll=ny-prezelection-headlines&vote13941579=1

  21. pele Avatar

    Anarchists=Smelly.
    Why’s that then?

  22. pele Avatar

    Must be tribal sovereignty!

  23. Nahanni Avatar

    If the streets of New York erupt in flames and anarchy during the RNC. If the delegates are threatened and harassed. If websites like Instapundit, LGF, Protest Warrior are hacked you should know who is behind it because the MSM sure as hell will not tell you. In fact I would imagine they will be doing their best to cheer them on.
    Follow the money. It is oh-so-easy to do. Just look up the main “organizers” of these “protests” and see who funds them. Yup, none other then Tereza Heinz and George Soros.
    You can start here. Then do your own digging. It is not that hard to do, unless you are a producer for one of the alphabet networks national news shows.
    http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12187
    http://www.torontofreepress.com/2004/main050304.htm
    http://www.newsmax.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/7/18/155536.shtml
    http://www.tidesfoundation.org/press_rel_05.cfm

  24. Howard Avatar

    “An anarchist group planning disruptions at next week’s Republican National Convention in New York gets funding from a Ted Turner foundation ”
    So viola basically the news organizations pay to have “news” made that they can cover. What Im saying is if they fund radicals a few of whom do some stupid things, then the media descends on them to report on it. Viola!
    A shame because a few don’t represent the vast majority of peaceful protesters who aren’t as “newsworthy”.
    BUSH OUT!

  25. Kat Avatar

    Kerry has strange bedfellows. Wonder if any N. Vietnamese are there.
    http://communistsforkerry.com/GPU/viewtopic.php?p=277

  26. Mike NYC Avatar
    Mike NYC

    Piss off, Rogozhin. Not all anarchists are all breaking windows, for one thing. And enough with the third world dictatorship crap. Someone who is MORE wrong than Bush doesn’t make Bush right. Idiot.